Nigeria, June 13 -- The National Leader of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Seriake Dickson, says he and the NDC's presidential candidate, Peter Obi, initially offered activist Aisha Yesufu a House of Representatives ticket, but she rejected it.

Mr Dickson disclosed this on Thursday during a press conference in Abuja amid controversy surrounding the party's senatorial primaries for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) District.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that Ms Yesufu was an aspirant for the FCT Senatorial District primaries of the NDC which she alleged were manipulated against her.

But speaking during the press conference shortly after the NDC's stakeholders' meeting in Abuja, Mr Dickson stressed that Ms Yesufu declined the ...